Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
New hedge fund non-profit aims to inform, not promote
NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) – With more institutional investors looking to hedge funds to boost returns, objective information about the secretive asset class is more in demand, particularly at a time when fraud seems on the upswing, experts say. […]
Hedge-Like Mutual Funds Attract Investors
( www.financial-planning.com ) – November 14, 2005- For investors, the newfangled funds offer guaranteed performance with different strategies that protect investors from market swoons better than traditional mutual funds. They also offer lower fees than pure hedge funds, as well […]
Hedge funds’ role seen positive in restructurings
NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) – U.S. bankruptcy code changes enacted last month make it more difficult for debt-strapped companies to restructure on their own terms, but the rising role of hedge funds may be offsetting those challenges, experts said […]
Van Eyk give high fee fund of hedge funds the nod
Tuesday, 15 Nov 2005 11:16AM – van Eyk have released research which prescribes fund of hedge funds (FOHFs) as an attractive risk-return inclusion in portfolios, provided investors are willing to stomach high fees. van Eyk’s senior research analyst Dr Jerome […]
CONVERTIBLE CORNER: A New Game In Town For Hedge Funds
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Call it strong-arming, opportunistic, or just plain old clever. Whatever the judgment, hedge funds are using claims that companies reneged on their commitments to bondholders as a new strategy to obtain returns at a time when […]
Hedge Funds, Explained
The Motley Fool – The popularity of hedge funds grew quickly in the ’90s, when their numbers more than doubled. While the word “hedge” might conjure up images of investors cautiously hedging their bets, hedge funds are often extra-risky, extra-volatile […]
DOW Jones Wilshire US Size and Style Indexes to Underlie Nine Exchange-traded Funds
ETF Provider SSgA To License Full Dow Jones Wilshire Style Index Family NEW YORK – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Wilshire Associates Incorporated, one of the world’s leading investment consulting, investment management and investment technology firms, […]
McDonalds-likely to stand firm
McDonald’s management has already rejected the call from Pershing Square Capital Management, which will present its plan to the investment community at the Value Investing Congress in New York on Tuesday. The fund holds a 4.9 percent stake in the […]
Hedge fund boot camp prepares US SEC inspectors – Reuters
(Reuters) – Intensive training is under way for federal employees about to match wits with some of the world’s keenest money minds when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission starts inspecting hedge funds. In three months, the SEC’s Office of […]
Hedge funds outraged at 50 stg FSA breakfast
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – The trillion dollar hedge fund industry was aghast on Monday at having to fork out 50 pounds ($87.06) a head for a buffet breakfast briefing on how to do their job correctly with Britain’s Financial […]
EU pensions committee eyes hedge fund role
IPE.com 14/Nov/05: EUROPE – The European pensions supervisory committee CEIOPS wantsto serve as a focus for debating issues that impact occupational pension supervision from other sectors, such as hedge funds. “CEIOPS should serve as the lead forum for discussing any […]
Hedge Fund Sleuths
BusinessWeek – The recent high-profile blowups of two hedge funds, Bayou Management and Wood River Capital Management, have raised an important question: What can hedge fund investors do to avoid getting burned by unscrupulous managers? The answer: Quite a bit, […]